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Maintenance & Repair "No Start" Problems
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Replying to: rhondal (Sep 30, 2003 5:56 am) |
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I've got a 2000 Focus wagon. Just cleaned the battery cables with a little baking soda and water. Right after, the car died. Now it won't crank at all. Everything else inside seems to work (lights, radio, and dashboard) I turn the key to the Run position everything but the odometer works (odometer reads all dashes, ------ ) Turn the key to Start position and Nothing. Will not crank, not even a relay click. This all happened instantly after the cleaning. I was driving it 10 minutes prior to that. I've since replaced the 8 year old battery, but still no difference. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated, Thanks.
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Replying to: neonwizard (Jun 24, 2008 10:13 am) And I've had No starting issues prior to this. It always worked fine. Now I can't even get it out of Park. Turn the key to the Run position and apply the brake. It won't come out of park. I use to be able to do that. With the Odometer reading all dashes, ( ------- ), and not being able to get it out of Park, makes me wonder if the ECM took a voltage spike or something. Like I said, I was driving it 10 minutes before this, with No prior problems at all. It just had a lot of corrosion build up on the battery, so I clean it with a wire brush and a little baking soda and water. That took about 5 mins, then I jumped in, to move it, and found this. Thanks again... |
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i have a 94 honda accord. sometimes she starts up fine, other times, just shuts off very quickly. if i wait a few seconds and turn it over again it's fine. it happens not everyday but occasionally enough to be a pain. any suggestions???
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Replying to: sharon517 (Jun 29, 2008 6:20 pm) |
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#1 of 2 starting problems by rlc5 Jan 16, 2001 (8:09 pm) My daughter owns a 1989 nissan stanza. It is her first car, and is used to get to school and her part time job. The car has 150,000 miles on it, but is in very good condition for it age. During the last three weeks, we have had a problem on two occasions with it starting. The engine turns over fine, but it will not start. On both occasions, the car had been driven about 5 miles, cut off for a short period of time, and would not restart. Also, maybe just coincidence, but on both occasions it has just been filled up with gas. When it happened today, I raised the hood and proceeded to look for loose connections, etc. I removed both coil wires from the distributor cap, and it is getting voltage up to the cap, with the ignition key on, according to the meter I checked it with. I removed a plug wire from one of the intake plugs and had her to crank the engine, but didn't show any voltage coming out of the wire. We tried about 15 times to get it to start with no results. I had her to cut the key off, and while I was looking around the engine for something else to check, I heard a metallic click, like a relay closing. I had her to try it again, and the car started up. We cut it off, and restarted it about 15 times with no problems. Auto electrical systems is not one of my strong points. I thought about carrying it to the shop, but I am afraid with an intermittent problem such as this, they would not be able to track it down, and would charge an arm and leg trying to find it. I really need to get this fixed before it leaves her stranded. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!!
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Replying to: emcpower (Jul 07, 2008 10:38 am) I am having the exact problem with my 1995 Nissan Maxima.Look under 1995 Nissan Max hard start and Nissan Maxima problems for details of what I am going through. Maybe we will find a solution soon... |
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#1 of 2 starting problems by rlc5 Jan 16, 2001 (8:09 pm) My daughter owns a 1989 nissan stanza. It is her first car, and is used to get to school and her part time job. The car has 150,000 miles on it, but is in very good condition for it age. During the last three weeks, we have had a problem on two occasions with it starting. The engine turns over fine, but it will not start. On both occasions, the car had been driven about 5 miles, cut off for a short period of time, and would not restart. Also, maybe just coincidence, but on both occasions it has just been filled up with gas. When it happened today, I raised the hood and proceeded to look for loose connections, etc. I removed both coil wires from the distributor cap, and it is getting voltage up to the cap, with the ignition key on, according to the meter I checked it with. I removed a plug wire from one of the intake plugs and had her to crank the engine, but didn't show any voltage coming out of the wire. We tried about 15 times to get it to start with no results. I had her to cut the key off, and while I was looking around the engine for something else to check, I heard a metallic click, like a relay closing. I had her to try it again, and the car started up. We cut it off, and restarted it about 15 times with no problems. Auto electrical systems is not one of my strong points. I thought about carrying it to the shop, but I am afraid with an intermittent problem such as this, they would not be able to track it down, and would charge an arm and leg trying to find it. I really need to get this fixed before it leaves her stranded. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!!
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